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the seeds in the autumn, when ripe, and sowing 

 them as has been directed for the ash. In the 

 spring they will appear, and, if the ground be 

 tolerably good, will make a shoot of eighteen 

 inches by the autumn. In the following spring 

 they should be planted in the nursery in rows, 

 two feet and a half from each other. Here 

 they may remain till they are large enough 

 to plant out for good, without farther trouble 

 than taking off unsightly side branches, and 

 digging between the rows every winter. 



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